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Morning Edition 7 The Elendel Daily Newsworthy Content for Every Octant! The 29th of Doxil, 68, Morning Price 2 Clips Constabulary Granted New Powers in Wake of Deaths At a conference this morning, Constables shocked all assembled when they announced that there had been three further deaths over the night, all related to the House Heron killings. The first was not another murder, but an unfortunate result of pewter dragging - Burrsir, who was attacked the previous day (see the Morning Edition of the 28th of Doxil) has passed away from his injuries. Medical staff that arrived on the scene have stated that it appears that the seriousness of his injury was downplayed by his use of pewter to stave off the pain, allowing him to act and perform feats that should not have been possible for someone normally as hurt as he was. This lead to Our Mother of Terris Hospital releasing him from observation as they believed the wound was superficial, or at least not life-threatening. However, it appears that over the course of the night, Burrsir's body ran out of pewter to burn, and he died in his sleep. Unfortunately, the other two deaths reported are of a more violent nature. Apparently emboldened by Governor Wilson's praise of vigilantism, one of our city's Mistings has taken it upon themselves to 'solve' the crimes that the Constabulary appear to be struggling with. A man named Quintus was discovered, dead, in the early hours of the morning. Embedded in his body, Constables found a spike of metal, confirmed to be Invested. However, the Constabulary have stressed that they have not ruled out the possibility that this attack was carried out by another Spiked individual, after some feud or schism. The third death is of a man who has been in the broadsheets very frequently, as of late; Locke Tekiel. While it is possible that his death was related to the apparent war between House Heron and the Spiked, Constables have suggested that this may have been carried out by a disgruntled worker or someone who has been following the appeal by House Tekiel against the ruling made that found them negligent on the matter of worker safety. Constables are investigating the theory that this attack may have been carried out by someone that has been hurt, or by someone that has had close family suffer from their negligence. House Tekiel has refused to comment on whether their appeal will continue, but have requested a delay in proceedings due to their bereavement until they announce a new leader for their House. The Governor has announced that the Constabulary will be granted new powers to investigate these deaths, including the ability to hold individuals without charge for longer periods of time. He has said that this could save lives by preventing potential serial killers or mass murders from being let free while evidence is gathered. Constables have welcomed this, stating that such powers would only be used rarely where there is a very real threat to public safety. However, not everyone is pleased of such powers being handed out. Councillor Jernaq, newly-elected leader of the Change for Elendel party, has responded to this scathingly, opining 'People are afraid, and now is not the time to be abusing their fears in this cynical and above-all blatant attempt to win votes and curtail freedoms within the city,. It is reactionary and authoritarian, and we oppose it and his continued stranglehold on the city most strongly. After speaking to many of the Noble Houses within the city, it is clear that they do not trust the Governor. We expect to have enough signatures to force an election within the next few days.There will be a reckoning for Governor Wilson, and it will be very soon. I can promise that.' Krea Erikeller Commercial Advertisements Obituaries Previous Editions Other Headlines This Evening Day 7 has begun! It will end at 7PM GMT 23rd November. Quintus/Jondesu was a Spiked Rioter! Locke Tekiel/Orlok Tsubodai was a Noble Tineye! Burrsir/Coop772 has died of his injuries! He was a Noble Thug. Locke Tekiel/Orlok Tsubodai has died, so there's no Influential player today. Player List

I saw this WoB and thought "challenge accepted." We know each book corresponds with one of the orders of Knights Radiant. We also have the viewpoint characters for all ten books, being Kaladin, Shallan, Dalinar, Eshonai, Szeth, Lift, Renarin, Taln, Ash, and Jasnah. My list of orders, with known characters matched. Windrunner - Kaladin Lightweaver - Shallan Bondsmith - Dalinar Edgedancer - Lift Elsecaller - Jasnah Truthwatcher - Renarin (sort of, his situation is weird but I'll allow it_ Skybreaker - Szeth That leaves Willshaper, Stoneward, and Dustbringer without characters, and Eshonai, Taln, and Ash without orders. Now Taln is the Stoneward Herald. As a viewpoint character, he will likely be using the corresponding Surges, so I'm leaving him as the Stoneward. We know from this WoB that lightspren are the Willshaper spren, and it is implied that Timbre, found near Eshonai's body, is a lightspren. I believe this means that Eshonai is our Willshaper. Leaving Ash and the Dustbringers. Now I know Ash is the Lightweaver Herald, but she no longer has her Honorblade to access those Surges. I think she will either bond an ashspren or get hold of the Dustbringer Honorblade. Either way, I think she is our Dustbringer character. What do you think? Am I on to something? Am I missing a major piece of evidence? Let me know your thoughts.

There are four groups with ulterior motives we've seen doing stuff in Stormlight Archive 1-3: the Sons of Honor, the Skybreakers, the Diagram, and the Ghostbloods. (Not counting whatever the Heralds-in-hiding may have been up to in concert, possibly orchestrated by Ishar.) Some of them know about some or all of the others. But which ones are left, what have they done, and what are/were they after? Help me flesh out this "Who's Who" summary! The Sons of Honor: Wanted to flush out the Heralds and restart the Knights Radiant by triggering another Desolation, in order to regain a true and direct connection to Honor ("restoring true Vorinism"). They obviously didn't know about the Skybreakers, an extant order of Knights Radiant headed by a Herald, then. They also didn't know or don't believe that Honor Is Dead (even though Gavilar had started getting those visions where Honor said, "Odium has killed me"?) They are or were directed by, or have a high ranking figure in, a "Restares" who we have yet to see, but who Gavilar mentions, and Amaram has consulted with and sends information to. They do know about the Ghostbloods, as Gavilar says to Szeth to "tell Thaidakar that he's too late", which also implies they know/think the Ghostbloods would NOT have wanted Gavilar to do whatever it is he's done, which appears to be to release an Unmade; or probably just that they'd tried to get to the Unmade before Gavilar did. Also, Amaram thinks the Shardbearer who tried to kill him (Helaran) was an example of how "the Ghostbloods grow more bold", and wonders "why Thaidakar would risk this". But they don't appear to know about the Diagram - its organization or its predictions. Or want to kill Jasnah (Gavilar's daughter!). The Skybreakers: Largely under the direction of Nalan, as suggested by Ishar, have been eliminating Surgebinders and proto-Radiants of all other Orders, to prevent the True Desolation. It's not clear that any Skybreaker other than Nalan knew that was the ulterior motive; their oaths and Ideals are to follow the law and to administer justice. They know about the Sons of Honor, as they armed and sent Helaran to kill him, with a full set of deadspren Shards. They have never mentioned or gone after the Diagram or the Ghostbloods. Or Jasnah. Have they? (Of course, now that they've mostly sworn for Team Odium, that's moot.) The Diagram: Largely under the direction of Taravangian, the creator of the Diagram based on his off-the-charts "day of maximum capacity" granted by the Nightwatcher. Their goal is to preserve as much of mankind as possible through the likely victory of Odium in the True Desolation, by swearing to serve him in exchange. (Taravangian hoped "for my people", i.e., under his dominion, but bargained down to just Kharbaranth and its people.) They know something about the Sons of Honor, as Taravangian indicates that he knew what Gavilar was up to, and Graves mentioned that the Diagram only knew the term "Everstorm" "because of old Gavilar's visions", that Taravangian recalled as "confided in him the night of the Alethi king's death". The Diagram does not speak of the Skybreakers per se that we've seen, but it comes to the same conclusion as they did (or their mandate from Ishar via Nalan), in a numerical cipher: "Hold the secret that broke the Knights Radiant. You may need it to destroy the new orders when they return." It also mentions the Honorblades, and they're not surprised that Battah would be in the Palanaeum. They know something of the Ghostbloods, as Adrotagia wonders if the reference to "the wanderer, the wild piece" is to "Mraize", and a WoB explicitly states, "The Ghostbloods are in the Diagram." Graves curses that "that woman, Jasnah Kholin, was right" about the parshmen being transformed into Voidbringers, which the Diagram wasn't explicit about. Probably based on Danlan's reports on what Jasnah had told Dalinar and Navani (it wasn't a widely disseminated opinion). But they had no interest in killing or recruiting her, and Jasnah has never mentioned them. The Ghostbloods: They have an unknown goal, but they do have something they're "trying to accomplish". They know about the Sons of Honor, claiming Amaram as "prey" while spying on him (with Iyatil eventually going to blowdart him). They know a lot about the Skybreakers, since they seem to know a great deal about how they viewed and used Helaran following their interest in a nascent Surgebinder in the Davar household (seems like an inside agent...) They know about the Diagram, seemingly dismissing Taravangian as the one who "hides in his insignificant city, listening to its songs, thinking he plays in world events". They have tried to kill Jasnah, after she had killed a number of their members, which implies she targeted them, and oh, I guess they're going to keep on seeking revenge, won't they? AND, WHO'S FAMOUS? The Sons of Honor counted the King of Alethkar and Highmarshal Amaram among their number, though both are now dead and their purpose seemingly debunked (which fact drove Amaram to Odium). We don't know who Restares was or is. The Skybreakers have actively concealed their existence since the Recreance, despite an obscure note in the in-world Words of Radiance about how one of the ten orders "would not abandon their arms and flee, but instead entertained great subterfuge at the expense of the other nine". Yet Helaran knew enough to "seek them out" (per Mraize), though later he describes it more that Nalan was "impressed" with him, so maybe it was the other way around after all. The Diagram recruits across national boundaries, and have a full Shardbearer in Graves, plus Danlan who works as a scribe for Dalinar, among their number. And of course, Taravangian is now king of both Kharbranth and Jah Keved. The Ghostbloods have a symbol that is recognized by the underclass in the Alethi warcamps, and widespread and annoying enough that Jasnah had seen fit to off a number of them on her own. They were also an organization that Tyn knew enough about that she wanted to impress them and be admitted to their number, which she had not yet done. So in a way, the GBs are the least secret of the four, in terms of their operations... Yet the most secret in terms of what they're after. And they don't have any obviously highly placed members in terms of explicit political power on Roshar. (That we know about.) Whatever they're after, it's not direct rule, nor something that being able to directly rule in any way facilitates (or they'd pursue it). And we don't know who Thaidakar is, though it seems Gavilar and Amaram do. Presumably not an Alethi highprice or something.

You're probably on to something. Not to disappoint you, but I read this theory several times before. However, figuring it out on your own is something you can be proud of I'd like to add that Eshonai could be the flashback Willshaper, but we'll probably also see (an) "active" one(s), and I'm guessing it could be Venli.

Elantris: Mistborn: His Dark Materials: The Neverending Story:

Hero of Ages

A man sat at his desk, reading. What he was reading intrigued him. It seemed the other Sharders had decided to inject themselves into the story. What had started out as a simple cruise and exploration of an island, had turned into a complete and utter fracturing of the fourth wall. It made him wish he had made the decision to join in on the fun earlier, and created a character when this thread was starting, so he could hop in as well. Well, no time like the present. What's stopping me anyway? I don't need a character here to be able to interact with the world myself do I? Maybe Fae won't get accepted into the Spacefaring group, and she can join me here later. As the man began to ponder this, the rift in the fourth wall grew stronger, as it seemed to be ripping away at the walls of his own apartment. Suddenly the patio door shattered, and the contents of the apartment began flying out into the void. My magic cards! Why did I leave my backpack on the kitchen table again? Why couldn't I just put them away for once. Hearing the meowing of cats, the man stood up and ran to the hall, scooping them up, and putting them in the bedroom. That should keep them safe. At least long enough for this damage to be repaired. Although I don't think maintenance will be able to handle a job like this, especially right before Thanksgiving. Deciding he wanted to look the part, the man went and changed into his Renaissance Festival outfit, and grabbing his sword, went to the edge of the rift. I doubt this will help much, but hopefully all that time spent LARPing will prove useful. Not waiting any longer, the man jumped off the edge, into the swirling abyss. *************** After what seemed like an eternity of falling forever into darkness, the man opened his eyes, and discover he was in fact still falling. Below him he saw a bountiful island, full of unknown dangers. Well, they can't be too unknown, seeing as I'll be the one writing them. How's that going to work anyway? Now that I'm here, who is typing this out for the others to read? Who knows. The quickly approaching ground reminded his that he was, in fact, still falling, still. Spotting a nice looking hill from which he could survey the area, he simply wrote himself there, and there he was. He looked out at his surroundings. Hm, that tree is a little too tall for me to see over, let's fix that. As the tree suddenly lost about 20 feet in height, the man was more easily able to observe what lay beyond it. In the direction he looked was the beach where most of the characters were currently gathered, and turning, he saw the Mountain of the Gods. I thought I would have landed closer, though maybe the break in the barrier between reality and fantasy has grown bigger? Unsure of where he should go, the man sat down, and rested a moment. Inter-reality travelling was not easy, and he had already had a long day at work, so a moments rest was welcome. Suddenly a group of mimes popped up, looking furious. "Come on guys! I literally just sat down. Couldn't you have shown up 3 sentences ago?" hearing this seemed to send a wave of agony through the group. With a sigh the man stood to his feet, and drew his sword. He counted the number of mimes, though maybe he missed one? The stripes made it hard to tell where one ended and another began. Alright, I've faced worse odds. Let's do this. Taking a defensive pose that any real swordsman would scoff at, the man stepped forward, ready to face the wrath of the Guardians of the Fourth Wall. "Come on you storming mimes, I don't have all day." Deciding to save himself the effort of writing it all down, the man defeated all but the last mime, who seemed to be their champion. Standing face to face, they locked swords in a match of strength, the man's height and weight giving him an advantage. Suddenly the mime stepped back, and taking advantage of his opponent's momentary instability, the mime swung his sword straight at the man's head, cracking him right in the skull. "Ha! Headshots are against the rules! Only torso and limb shots count!" the man said, as the sword bounced harmlessly off his head, without leaving a mark. Stepping forward, he tapped the mime in the chest, and proclaimed "Dead. Thanks for the challenge, I haven't fought solo against a group this size in, years probably. Now which way don't you want me to go? Cause that's probably the place I'm needed the most right now." Looking dejected, the mime pointed inland, as he and the rest of his group picked up their stuff and teleported back to Mime HQ. Straightening his trench coat, and adjusting his bandoleer, the man began walking. It would of course be much easier to appear there, but half the fun was in the journey. At least that was what he had been told.

This is the rules set for a D&D 5e cleric. This is the Grave Domain specifics. It lists what additional abilities this character will have over a normal Cleric. This is the wiki entry for the Acolyte from Ragnarok Online. Some of the phrasing can be confusing, but should be decipherable. Most of the abilities she has are, as Archer said, fairly straight forward rules-wise in comparison to Sanderson, because they have set constraints. To give a synopsis, Clerics choose what spells to prepare every morning, and regain their spellcasting abilities by getting 8 hours of sleep. They serve a specific deity, and if the Acolyte has any indication, that deity would be Odin. They can also potentially pray to their god, and their prayers may or may not be answered.

Most but not all of Brandons works are in a shared Universe called the "Cosmere". His other works, and most especially Wheel of Time are not part of that (easiest way to tell the difference now that you are here is the sub-forums which are grouped along that divide). I say especially because he has on occasion wanted to be very specific that he did not insert any of his own worlds/characters/elements/etc into the Robert Jordan's epic. As far as where to start, there are a couple schools of thought but mostly I think you can start anywhere as long as you avoid a couple spoiler pitfalls. Definitely do NOT read Mistborn Era 2 before first reading Era1, as all the mysteries and huge reveals are common knowledge in the next era so it would spoil the crap out of an amazing trilogy. I would recommend that you read Warbreaker before Oathbringer or you maybe confused about bits, and I know people that regretted not also reading Edgedancer (short story) before Oathbringer because of new characters introduced there. Other than that they dont really interact enough to spoil anything, though the more Cosmere you read overall the more easter-egg's you will spot in all of them. Outside of the Cosmere and the Wheel of Time conclusion, the only other work of his Ive read was the Reckoners series, and I HIGHLY recommend it. It's the story of the modern emergence of people with comic book style superpowers, only its the first truly realistic take on it in that government and society completely collapse in the face of uncontrollable demigods, so it's basically a post-apocalyptic tale.

Odium isn't an embodiment of either of those things is he ? Odium isn't evil, he is a piece of God - "God’s own divine hatred, separated from the virtues that gave it context" - as Frost writes to Hoid. Odium may certainly be the Enemy, but he is explicitly *not* an Epic Fantasy "Dark Lord" (and neither were Ruin, or the Lord Ruler for that matter, despite superficial resemblances).

I think it is more than that. While we see the Bondsmith currently leading the Radiants, I think it was more often the Windrunner's job to run the Radiants. They are the radiants of leadership after all. I think the Bondsmith was more like the mouth piece of the god spren and also the main diplomat of the radiants, the person who could bring people together and prevent the dissolution of the radiants, which I think is one of the reasons the Radiants fell apart. Gravitation: some unlucky truthwatcher goes splat next to the Oathgate. The truthwatcher spends a week in recovery, dealing with his new found fear of not missing the ground. Division: a building is turned to powder in the middle of a highstorm. 300 people die. That is the difference. Sure, gravitation is dangerous, but it has a much safer learning curve and is less likely to destroy things. Division is very dangerous. Giving division to the wrong recruit would be like giving an angry chimp a bucket of hand grenades with the pins pulled. Which is distinctly more dangerous less fun than a barrel of monkeys or a room filled with hungry whitespines.

We'll see if anyone is old enough to get this

When looking through Oathbringer for some exact words I noticed that when Szeth swears his Third Ideal, he notes that snow crystalizes in the air around him briefly and he gets a sense of approval from his spren. This is similar to but less dramatic than the explosion of light and frost that Kaladin and Lopen exhibit, which fits the idea that his order is relatively close to the Bondsmiths (though not to the point of sharing a Surge directly).and so has an accompanying visual effect even if it isn't as pronounced. You seem to be treating 'Squire' as a separate category independent of the Ideals but that's not how it's been seen to work for these Orders. Bridge Four had already said (or at least heard and internalized) the First Ideal before any of them started manifesting Surgebinding through their connection to Kaladin. In Oathbringer we see that anyone who tries to become a Squire says the First Ideal as a precondition. In other words, you say the First Ideal and then you become a Squire, at which point you may attract a spren of your own, form a Nahel Bond and then go on to say the remaining Ideals. Skybreaker initiates say the First Ideal, then impress a Skybreaker to be chosen as a Squire at which point they also say the Second Ideal and gain access to Surgebinding. The Third Ideal and one's own Nahel Bond then go together as well. Basically, the Skybreakers just move things down one step, though they still get Blade and (presumably) Plate at the same points as Windrunners. Skybreakers don't so much get 'promoted' to the Third Ideal instantly as it is that this point is when they start progressing more like the Windrunners. They've already sworn two Ideals by that point and it's the swearing of and acting in accordance with the Second that attracts the spren they'll eventually bond/ This happens before they swear the Third Ideal though, read when Szeth swears his and it's clear he'd already been bonded to a highspren before he says the words. That the Skybreakers seem to have more control over the process of people becoming Squires is likely a side effect of how they're focused on the concepts of law and legal authority.

I thought you all would like to know that I asked my boss what she would do if she went to the store with a craving for Cocoa Puffs and found they were out. She said she would buy a donut.

Here's another one: The one where Sanderson rules out time travel to the past is from 2015, this one's from 2016, so maybe he's changed his mind in the meantime(!).

It's just a quote in image form, but I figure it qualifies for this thread... PS: Yes, I made this myself.

As per usual.

M-bot: Jorgen:

I’m teaching emperors soul for the second time this year to two groups of (not especially academic) grade 11 students. This went over well last year but I’m interested to hear from everyone else what might be interesting topics or areas of the book to focus on. thanks everyone!

Hei everyone. I have some questions. Just read Warbreaker and absolutely loved it. Previously i have read Wheel of time, Kingkiller Chronicles, Malazan empire and more. Looking to start on a new series but with Brandon, where should i start? I THINK i understand that everything is in the same universe. But still, where should i begin? Best regards Eskild

I didn't sleep. Mostly because I had trouble expressing future actions while keeping to the past tense, so I continued watching the mime. It was contorting itself into the shape of the Taj Mahal when suddenly it twisted into the shape of a duck. "Something of great symbolic importance has just happened." Obviously, the mime responded in sign language. I just made a symbol of a duck. "I was thinking more along the lines of the conformation of the-" big words failed me. "Yeah. You're right. It's just a duck. Now do a camel." The mime instead managed to somehow contort itself into the shape of functional diesel motor.

All of a sudden, Andy spotted another Winged flying towards the skywhale. He landed and carefully set down his ward, Dusk, then folded his wings behind his back. "How in Rieshi's name did you manage to get wings?" Andy demanded of Wereci, her princessly nature undoubtedly coming out. Wereci somehow managed to do that to her. Wereci shook his head like a wet dog would, spraying what looked like fresh blood all over the back of the whale, though his hair remained a light blond, without noticeable stains. Oddly, his curly hair wasn't in a tail, instead standing up on his head and making him look even taller than he already was. "Easkalish is revived in this version of the non-canon plot, Tez," he calmly explained, then tapped the twin hilts peeking out from both of his shoulders with his wings. Dusk opened his mouth quickly, but didn't speak before Andy. "What's up with the swords?" she asked. Dusk put his head in his hands in despair while Wereci grinned a savage, lupine grin. "They're my shoulderblades, thank you." Wereci did a back-handspring in satisfaction, hurling himself off the whale. Andy took a half-step forward in shock as Dusk rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Does he do that often?" Andy asked of Dusk, panicked. Was Wereci going to fall in the water? Winged weren't nearly as good at swimming as they were at flying, so what would happen to Wereci if he landed in the water? "That pun? Yes, incessantly. He came up with it when he was thirteen and never stopped saying it. Even the first time, it only slightly funny. He has to have said it at least a thousand times at this point. That kid..." Dusk's utter nonchalance put Andy off. "No, I mean the constant putting himself in danger, idiot," Andy snapped sharply. Dusk broke into riotous laughter instantly and Andy got the feeling she'd said something really stupid. Dusk stopped himself with some effort, then said, "He's Wereci, lass, he does nothing else. You saw the blood he sprayed all over the whale?" Andy nodded. "He got that in his hair by slaying thirteen Zosan soldiers. In one go. He's unnatural, but I'm glad he's on my side." Dusk was not there a second later. Andy spun and followed with her eyes the winged form of Wereci towing Dusk up into the sky, powerful shoulder muscles bringing both of them higher and higher. Andy thought she heard Wereci shout, "I'm on my own side, queen!" Then Dusk was falling. Dropping like a stone; the comparison came to Andy in a half-second. Wereci folded his wings and dove after Dusk, managing to catch the older soldier seconds before he would have hit the water. A grotesque image came to Andy's brain, that of how her mother had described a suicide off of a bridge. Entrails splattered about, crushed, blood everywhere, the corpse barely recognizable. Wereci began rising again, winging higher and higher. He stopped at one point, drifting on an updraft. Andy thought she saw him and Dusk kissing, and turned away in disgust. "It's not natural," she muttered, then rose her voice to a shout that Dusk and Wereci wouldn't be able to hear. "You're ten years older than Wereci, Dusk! Shame on you!" Another fact bothered her more, however. Dusk had somehow managed to win over the taciturn Wereci despite the fact that Andy was trained in many seduction tactics and had tried all of them on Wereci. Apparently, the Tesan simply wasn't as easy as all the nobles in Arashea had been. Something else will work, Andy thought, perhaps a touch desperately. A quote from her mother came to her instantly. Every man has his trigger. Your father's was kindness. Her father. He'd remained a wild card with her mother many years after his death, though Andy had been seven when he'd died. She didn't remember her mother ever crying for him; Mya said that that kind of coping only ended badly, though neither of the sisters had the will to confront their mother about it. A moment later, Wereci landed back on the skywhale, bare feet thumping as he jogged for a moment to slow his momentum. He dropped Dusk carefully, and Dusk stood up, brushing off the sleeves of his coat, which was actually Wereci's coat as evidenced by that fact that it was way too big for Dusk, with a rare truly happy smile on his face as he watched Wereci continue jogging to the end of the whale and jump off, soon visible again as he flew high above the whale. Andy thought she heard Dusk say, "That's pure disaster on wings, that is." “Say, Dusk, why is he in love you?” Andy asked the tall soldier. Dusk’s expression was of surprise. “He isn’t in love with me. That’s ridiculous.” ”But why were you kissing, then?” ”We weren’t. He was just carrying me. Though, from this angle, it might looked like that.” Dusk shaded his eyes and looked up at the sky, then back at Andy with an amused spark in his eyes. “You have a suspicious mind, sister.” “That’s a distinct possibility,” Andy said, sure that her face was growing progressively redder.

Seeing as I am clearly the only living player left, I crown myself victor and sole heir to House Heron.

When you don't trust any cookies not to be spiked.

Do you wish me a good day, or mean that it is a good day whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this day; or that it is a day to be good on? Welcome to the shard! What books of Brandon's have you read?

@John Flamesinger , @Weltall, @goody153 here are some interesting relevant WoB's. V_Spaceman I was wondering if you could elaborate on a past wob. You said that Hoid and Frost are two of the oldest beings in the Cosmere. Does that include the vessels? Are the original 16 vessels younger than Hoid and Frost? Brandon Sanderson In the current outline, Hoid predates the others by a bit--he'd already started aging oddly before the Shattering. But that's not strict cannon yet. (You can find evidence of it in Dragonsteel.) source Questioner Probably a question you are not going to want to answer but how old is Hoid? Brandon Sanderson How old is Hoid? ...Hoid is older than the Shattering of Adonalsium. Hey there is an answer for you! He is very old. source Questioner Is Hoid a dragon? Brandon Sanderson Oh I will give you a RAFO card. You're very good, Have you read Dragonsteel? Questioner I have not but-- Brandon Sanderson Don't read it, it's bad. Questioner Okay then. I am just-- What? Okay then. That's awesome. We have some ideas but-- Hoid is amazing. I figured he was really old but it's cool knowing for sure that he's exceptionally old. Brandon Sanderson He is one of the oldest people in the cosmere, but he is not the oldest. Questioner Ahhh... Brandon Sanderson The person he is writing a letter to is indeed older than he is. source The_Vikachu How old is Hoid? Or better yet (to avoid any trickiness), how many years has he lived through? Brandon Sanderson He's been alive since Dragonsteel. However, he may not have spent all of that time awake and alert. source

It’s been 3 hours, I guess I vote for Rathmaskal/Bard.

You're definitely right. If he wasn't crazy, he wouldn't be able to be Invested. Every Misting is crazy, even in little ways, so you may just be thinking Wayne is crazier than the others.

That's true, but at the end of Oathbringer, Dalinar asks Navini to close the curtains because "They're distracting me from the other light." I take this to mean that Dalinar might not be fully Ascended, but that he is partially Ascended. He can see the Spiritual Realm, I think. (And no, I'm not Sazed/Harmony).

So, I was listening to the source audio for the Denver signing and I found a really interesting WoB. It hasn’t been transcribed yet, so this isn’t the most accurate retelling of this WoB, but it gets the point across. (Again, very very very paraphrased) In addition, Brandon also mentioned that he’d have to check his notes to make sure, but he’s pretty sure that Shalash was either born before the exodus, but it could’ve been after. So, I don’t really know what to think of this yet. This completely messes with how I thought the timeline was working. If the Heralds existed on Ashyn (Brandon said they weren’t Heralds yet at that point), how old are they? Did they live longer than normal humans? Or was the transition from exodus to first desolation a lot quicker than we had previously assumed?

In some sense, yes, but in others not so much. Honor as in fulfilling obligations and keeping commitments is fairly objective. But Honor can also be holding something in high-esteem or having privilege. And those could be very subjective. Who do you hold in high-esteem or give privilege to, and why?

Pretty well put together. The only things I would add is that a lot of the times you'll see the Willshaper counted as Eshonai/Venli, since they're both going down similar paths. Also, a further explanation on Taln and Ash is that Taln will almost certainly still have a stoneward's personality. Ash on the other hand no longer creates art but destroys it. So I doubt she could attract a Cryptic, but an Ashspren(releaser/dustbringer spren) might be interested.

I actually made a song last year for Wax. I liked Mistborn era 2 much more than I thought I would, so I decided to make this. I wanted to get a Epic/Futuristic/Western feel. I don't know if I achieved it, but here it is. Firerust - Nice song

When Lharimar looked at the painting, he said he just saw random strokes of red. Not red and white or red and black. I really don't think they're the same painting. I tried to explain above

So this doesn't add anything, but at the signing tonight I asked Brandon if Jasnah was on the autism spectrum. She's not. THAT BEING SAID, Sanderson admitted he's not the most knowledgeable person about these matters. Thus, Jasnah is not intentionally on the Autism spectrum.

Color is not part of the electromagnetic spectrum. It's pretty clear from the book that the "color" that Awakening drains is a property of the material used as fuel, not the light itself. If you could just use visible light as fuel, then you could use the same object over and over again and never run out of fuel. You probably wouldn't have to even have an object to use as fuel, as light is all around us (unless it's dark, see below link). It's also stated that Black is the most effective color for Awakening, but there's no such thing as black light.

Earlier desolations had death rates up to 90% Earlier desolations had no everstorm Earlier desolations were opposed by a full corps of heralds Earlier desolations were opposed by a full corps of Knights Radiant, who knew what they were doing To a clear unbiased thinker, which Jasnah is, the default outcome of this desolation must be Odium's victory and her own death. You are talking about a woman ready to personally kill her cousin and openly advocating genocide. But she is an optimist. If she were a realist, she'd do a Taravangian. If you were to talk to her about her personal life, she would tell you that without better weapons, more troops and better intelligence, neither you or she have a realistic chance of having a personal life of significant length. EDIT: And of course she is a stone cold killer. Remember her morality lesson? Would a woman like Jasnah do that without having experimental verification that she can safely (to herself and Shallan) do this without a need to summon a shard blade she could not explain? No, she wouldn't. Those thugs were merely the last in a line of victims. Jasnah has a shard blade. She wields it compotently in war. Would a woman of her calibre bear such a weapon without verifying that she is able to kill with it in combat? Again, no she wouldn't. She has killed dozens.

skyward (not really)

He did not make a mistake. The Lord Ruler had not ever made a mistake. However, it was time for a change.

Rashak clean up on aisle 3.

Given that at the end Spin says that for whatever reason something political has changed with the Krell or other aliens which was causing the increased aggression, it's very possible that there's at least some sort of monitor on the planet itself. And yet those cadets have only a few hundred hours of training at most (4 months = 120 days, at 12 hours per day training = 1,400 hours TOPS) of flight time. And most of that is still in the simulator. Also assuming that their calendar is roughly equivalent to ours. Meanwhile, Jorgen came to the flight with more than 2,000 hours before they ever started. The most unrealistic thing is that they don't spend more time training pilots. The second most unrealistic thing is that they spend more time training pilots how to fight than to fly. There's some reasoning behind this (politics and socioeconomic factors, the rich interested in starting/perpetuating wars but not paying the cost for them) that gets a few sentences in the story, but never truly developed to the extent that it would make such factors actually reasonable. They live in a deeply flawed society that allows barely-adults to fight the enemy in vessels that are their only means of continued survival, but are utterly unwilling to give them the training required to not waste both the pilot's life, but also that of their ships. Mockpits and fighter simulation should be a substantial portion of the schooling for literally anyone who is interested past a certain age. Despite my criticism, I loved the book, and was able to forgive it many of the unrealistic things while reading it, and eagerly look forward to its sequels. (I ended up reading it in 2 sessions: the first 30 pages, then the rest of the book.) I mostly was let-down by the mysteries that were set-up or how realistic the society is, but the reason why I loved Skyward so much was the characters and their arcs through the story.

all of the above

Kelsier. I still can't picture him being BLONDE.

Everyone on roshar constantly

Kelsier always has black hair when I picture him. I know he’s blonde. I can picture Marsh blonde and I know they look a lot alike, but he still always has black hair. But I also have a hard time really visualizing characters so that’s the only one I can think of right now.

In the WoK, Hoid tells the story of a group of people who committed horrible things under the orders of a king only to discover that that king had been dead for years, and that they were responsible for their horrible actions. The dead king is discovered in the passage below: “Derethil and his men came out of the tower a short time later, carrying a desiccated corpse in fine robes and jewelry. ‘This is your emperor?’ Derethil demanded. ‘We found him in the top room, alone.’ It appeared that the man had been dead for years, but nobody had dared enter his tower. They were too frightened of him." In the final chapter Dalinar finally realizes that the Almighty hadn't been talking in response to him, that he hadn't been following orders but had been misinterpreting the visions. He then learns that the Almighty is dead. The title of this final chapter? In the Top Room.

Lol Ruin is Entropy in his own right.